Silence in philosophy, literature, and art / / edited by Steven L. Bindeman.

• Superior document: Studies in Existentialism, Hermeneutics, and Phenomenology, Volume 308
• TeilnehmendeR: Bindeman, Steven L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, [Netherlands] ; : Brill :, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Rodopi,, 2017.; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in existentialism, hermeneutics, and phenomenology ; Volume 308.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (177 pages).
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Phenomenology and Silence /; Silence and Art /; Music and Silence /; Silence and Theological Matters /; Silence and Creativity /; Merleau-Ponty’s Embodied Silence /; Silence and Spirituality /; Wittgenstein and Silence /; Giacometti’s Repetitious Art /; Borges and Silence /; Heidegger and Silence /; Beckett and Silence /; Kafka’s Appropriation of Silence /; Silence and the Holocaust /; Blanchot’s Absorption in Silence /; Foucault on Silence as Discourse /; Concluding Remarks /; Bibliography /; Index of Names /; Index of Subjects /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004352589
• ISSN: 0929-8436
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Steven L. Bindeman.

Silence exists at the edge of the world, where words break off and meaning fades into ambiguity. The numerous treatments of silence in Steven L. Bindeman’s Silence in Philosophy, Literature, and Art question the misleading clarity of certainty, which persists in the unreflective discourse of common experience. Significant philosophical problems, such as the limits of language, the perception of sound and the construction of meaning, the dynamics of the social realm, and the nature of the human self, all appear differently as a consequence of this questioning. Silence is shown to have two modes, disruptive and healing, which work together as complementary stages within a creative process. The interaction between these two modes of silence serves as the dynamic behind the entire work.